Focus on Officer Wellness: Cops, Pink Mohawks, and Mindfulness

Cringe-worthy videos of negative police interactions with the pub-
lic continue to make news headlines. Like all people, officers enter situations on duty and off duty with their own issues or problems, and, as motivational speaker and author Will Bowen said in his book Complaint Free Relationships: Transforming Your Life One Relationship at a Time, “Hurt people hurt people.” This situation is forcing public safety agencies to not only make officer mental health a priority, but also look beyond traditional wellness tools to keep their employees healthy and effective.